WWII: Russian
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1. Come and See (1985)
Not Rated | 142 min | Drama, Thriller, War
After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
Director: Elem Klimov | Stars: Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas
Votes: 97,315
2. Goryachiy sneg (1972)
99 min | Drama, War
In November, 1942, near the Volga, Stanlingrad is under siege of Commander Friederich Paulus and his 330,000 men. The Soviet high command unleashes an operation to protect the Mishkova ... See full summary »
Director: Gavriil Egiazarov | Stars: Georgi Zhzhyonov, Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Vadim Spiridonov, Boris Tokarev
Votes: 585
3. Bitva za Moskvu (1985)
358 min | Drama, History, War
The battle of Moscow was the first major defeat of German Wehrmacht in the Second World War. The film is dedicated to some fighting events that took place in the USSR after Hitler's conquest of western Europe.
Stars: Helmut Hellstorff, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Artyom Karapetyan, Yakov Tripolsky
Votes: 471
4. Velikiy polkovodets Georgiy Zhukov (1995)
134 min | Biography, Drama, War
Biopic about Marshal Georgi Zhukov. Documentary footage from WWII and dramatization played by Russian and German actors.
Director: Yuriy Ozerov | Stars: Mikhail Ulyanov, Bukhuti Zakariadze, Yakov Tripolsky, Vladlen Davydov
Votes: 56
5. Soldaty svobody (1977– )
599 min | Drama, History, War
Tens of images of historical characters are shown. People who have taken part in fighting against Nazi Germany as well as the activity of the leaders of the communist parties of the USSR, ... See full summary »
Stars: Stefan Getsov, Bohus Pastorek, Horst Preusker, Yakov Tripolsky
Votes: 94
6. Front bez flangov (1975)
170 min | War
Front bez flangov (1974) is the first episode in the trilogy about the partisan's fighting against the Nazi occupation of Russia during the WWII.
Director: Igor Gostev | Stars: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Oleg Zhakov, Aleksandr Denisov, Tofik Mirzoyev
Votes: 110
7. Front za liniey fronta (1978)
164 min | War
Film is a sequel to "Front bez flangov" (1974). About the partisans fighting against the Nazi's occupation of Rissia during the WWII.
Director: Igor Gostev | Stars: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Ivan Lapikov, Galina Polskikh, Valeriya Zaklunnaya
Votes: 82
8. Front v tylu vraga (1982)
161 min | Drama, War
Front v tylu vraga (1981) is the final episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance during WWII. The film is set in 1944, when Russian partisans are making progress in ... See full summary »
Directors: Igor Gostev, Victor Kulle | Stars: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Ivan Lapikov, Evgeniy Matveev, Valeriya Zaklunnaya
Votes: 77
9. Under Military Law (2015– )
52 min | Drama, History, War
It is July 1941, and the Nazis are advancing towards Kiev at great speed. As the situation in the city becomes more tense and untenable, Ivan Rokotov's job, as senior investigator at the ... See full summary »
Stars: Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Anna Glaube, Eva Shevchenko-Holovko, Vilen Babichev
Votes: 86
10. Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, War
During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.
Directors: Andrei Tarkovsky, Eduard Abalov | Stars: Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov, Stepan Krylov
Votes: 39,945
11. Officers (1971)
G | 96 min | Drama, Romance, War
Wars and time could not break the connection between the fates of Alexei and Ivan. Soviet drama about lifelong friendship.
Director: Vladimir Rogovoy | Stars: Georgiy Yumatov, Alina Pokrovskaya, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Andrei Anisimov
Votes: 2,133
12. Father of a Soldier (1964)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, War
An old man goes to visit his wounded son in a hospital, but it turns out that he's already been released and is back on the front lines. Reluctant to return home empty-handed, he tries to follow and find him.
Director: Rezo Chkheidze | Stars: Sergo Zakariadze, Vladimir Privaltsev, Aleksandr Nazarov, Aleksandr Lebedev
Votes: 4,567
13. V avguste 44-go (2001)
109 min | Action, Mystery, Drama
The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.
Director: Mikhail Ptashuk | Stars: Evgeniy Mironov, Vladislav Galkin, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Aleksey Petrenko
Votes: 1,833
14. Sobibor (2018)
TV-MA | 118 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky organizes a revolt and mass escape of prisoners from Sobibór extermination camp in October 1943.
Director: Konstantin Khabenskiy | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Christopher Lambert, Felice Jankell, Dainius Kazlauskas
Votes: 5,767
15. Sovest (1974)
Crime, Mystery, War
Three Soviet prisoners of war flee from a Nazi concentration camp at the end of the war. One of the guards helps them and runs with them. Many years later, this former German henchman comes... See full summary »
Stars: Dalvin Shcherbakov, Aleksandr Martynov, Boris Kudryavtsev, Vsevolod Safonov
Votes: 41
16. Tanks for Stalin (2018)
95 min | Action, Comedy, History
1940. A prototype of a new cutting edge tank is being taken on a secret mission to Moscow, to Comrade Stalin. Soon the cross-country run turns into a ruthless race.
Director: Kim Druzhinin | Stars: Andrey Merzlikin, Anton Filipenko, Aglaya Tarasova, Dmitriy Podnozov
Votes: 1,137
17. Tankers (2018)
90 min | Action, Drama, History
The movie inspired by real events tells the story of the KV-1 tank's crew heroic deed. Having a losing fight, the crew of Semyon Konovalov destroyed 16 enemy tanks, 2 armored vehicles and 8... See full summary »
Director: Konstantin Maksimov | Stars: Andrey Chernyshov, Vladimir Epifantsev, Sergey Gorobchenko, Oleg Fomin
Votes: 1,981
18. T-34 (2018)
TV-14 | 139 min | Action, War
An SS Panzer Division uses a T-34 manned by Soviet POWs as a training target, but the prisoners plot a daring maneuver.
Director: Aleksey Sidorov | Stars: Alexander Petrov, Irina Starshenbaum, Viktor Dobronravov, Vinzenz Kiefer
Votes: 14,357
19. Battery Number One (2015)
110 min | Drama, War
It's August, 1944. The Soviet Troops continue the offensive in Eastern Poland. The lieutenant Egorov' subdivision gets the task to hold the bridge to be crossed by the Soviet Army units. On... See full summary »
Director: Kirill Belevich | Stars: Stanislav Callas, Valeriya Dmitrieva, Ilya Korobko, Andrey Merzlikin
Votes: 473
20. Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
830 min | Drama, History, War
During World War II, a Soviet undercover spy manages to infiltrate the Nazi elite.
Stars: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Yefim Kopelyan, Leonid Bronevoy, Ekaterina Gradova
Votes: 4,978
21. Zhavoronok (1965)
91 min | Drama, History, War
During World War II, a squad of Soviet POWs steals a tank from Nazi test site and rushes into a desperate shoot over Germany.
Directors: Nikita Kurikhin, Leonid Menaker | Stars: Vyacheslav Gurenkov, Gennadiy Yukhtin, Valeriy Pogoreltsev, Valentins Skulme
Votes: 258
22. Trial on the Road (1986)
96 min | Drama, War
A Soviet POW joins the partisan guerrillas and proves his loyalty fighting the Germans.
Director: Aleksey German | Stars: Rolan Bykov, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Vladimir Zamanskiy, Oleg Borisov
Votes: 2,588
23. On the Road to Berlin (2015)
82 min | Drama, War
The film is based on a novella by the well-known Soviet writer who served at the front, Emmanuil Kazakevich "Two in the Steppe" and the war diaries of Konstantin Simonov.
Director: Sergei Popov | Stars: Amir Abdykalov, Yura Borisov, Maksim Demchenko, Andrey Deryugin
Votes: 931
24. Dvazhdy rozhdyonnyy (1984)
85 min | Drama, War
World War 2, White Sea. A Soviet transport ship carrying wounded from the front line is sunk by German planes. The ship's only survivor, an 18-year old conscript is being pursued from the ... See full summary »
Director: Arkadi Sirenko | Stars: Vyacheslav Baranov, Georgiy Drozd, Eduard Bocharov, Nina Ruslanova
Votes: 77
25. Front (1943)
110 min | Drama, War
Front commanders Gorlov is a military commander who went through a civil war, unable to apply new methods of warfare in the fight against fascists.
Directors: Sergey Vasilev, Georgi Vasilyev | Stars: Boris Zhukovsky, Boris Babochkin, Pavel Geraga, Boris Dmokhovsky
Votes: 27
26. Shchit i mech (1968)
191 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
The title refers to the emblem of the Soviet NKVD. The story involves a spy who infiltrates the German SS during World War II.
Stars: Stanislav Lyubshin, Alla Demidova, Valentina Titova, Oleg Yankovskiy
Votes: 692
27. U tvoego poroga (1963)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama, War
War time drama set in WWII. Citizen of Moscow gather in a patriotic show of defiance to help slow down the advancing Nazi forces that are closing in on the city.
Director: Vasili Ordynsky | Stars: Nadezhda Fedosova, Pyotr Lyubeshkin, Liliya Dzyuba, Boris Yurchenko
Votes: 67
28. Porokh (1985)
92 min | Drama, War
It is based on real historical events related to the defense of Leningrad by the Red Army and the subsequent blockade of the city by the troops of the Nazi invaders during the Great ... See full summary »
Director: Viktor Aristov | Stars: Yury Belyayev, Svetlana Bragarnik, Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya, Vadim Makarovsky
Votes: 107
29. The Turning Point (1945)
108 min | Drama, War
Released after the Russian victory over the Germans in WWII, the film stresses the role of the officer staff during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Director: Fridrikh Ermler | Stars: Mikhail Derzhavin, Pyotr Andriyevsky, Yuriy Tolubeev, Andrei Abrikosov
Votes: 237
30. The Last Frontier (2020)
136 min | Action, Drama, War
A film about the feat of the Podolsk cadets in October 1941 near Moscow. The cadets of the Podolsk artillery-infantry schools are ordered to take up defenses on the Ilyinsky line.
Director: Vadim Shmelyov | Stars: Artyom Gubin, Lubov Konstantinova, Igor Yudin, Aleksey Bardukov
Votes: 1,874
31. Secret Agent (1947)
88 min | Drama, Thriller, War
Soviet agent Fedotov must cross over into German occupied Ukraine and steal the correspondence between a high ranking German general and Hitler.
Director: Boris Barnet | Stars: Pavel Kadochnikov, Amvrosi Buchma, Viktor Dobrovolsky, Dmitri Milyutenko
Votes: 310
32. Rzhev (2019)
113 min | Drama, History, War
In the winter of 1942/1943, a series of not-so-well known, yet bloody battles occurred near the town of Rzhev. Those battles received the name of 'Rzhev Meat Grinder'. The film is based on the award-winning novel by Vyacheslav Kondratyev.
Director: Igor Kopylov | Stars: Sergey Zharkov, Ivan Batarev, Oleg Gayanov, Arseniy Semyonov
Votes: 1,279
33. Bespokoynoe khozyaystvo (1946)
85 min | Comedy, War
A touching comedy introduces us to ordinary soldiers who have taken care of the maintenance of a fake airfield that distracts the enemy's attention. Corporal Tonya is loved by two pilots - ... See full summary »
Director: Mikhail Zharov | Stars: Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Aleksandr Grave, Mikhail Zharov, Vitali Doronin
Votes: 96
34. Torpedo Bombers (1983)
96 min | Drama, War
In 1944,when British navy convoys try to supply the Soviets with war matériel under the lend-lease agreement,the Soviet naval aviation base in Murmansk is attacked by German bombers.
Director: Semyon Aranovich | Stars: Rodion Nakhapetov, Aleksey Zharkov, Andrei Boltnev, Stanislav Sadalskiy
Votes: 416
35. V2. Escape from Hell (2021)
118 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A captured Soviet pilot faithful to his childhood friends leads an escape from a German concentration camp and then suffers from communist crimes.
Directors: Timur Bekmambetov, Sergey Trofimov | Stars: Pavel Priluchnyy, Pavel Chinaryov, Evgeniy Serzin, Aleksey Filimonov
Votes: 645
36. The Red Ghost (2020)
99 min | Action, History, Horror
A detachment of Soviet soldiers, including a dangerous half-man, half-ghost, come up against an elite death squad within the Wehrmacht.
Director: Andrey Bogatyrev | Stars: Aleksey Shevchenkov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Yura Borisov, Polina Chernyshova
Votes: 2,143
37. The Ascent (1977)
111 min | Drama, War
Two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.
Director: Larisa Shepitko | Stars: Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergey Yakovlev, Lyudmila Polyakova
Votes: 10,114
38. Do svidaniya, malchiki! (1966)
82 min | Drama, War
Goodbye, Boys! is the coming-of-age tale of three teenagers graduating from a Communist school during World War II. It's summer, and their main goals are swimming in the Black Sea and ... See full summary »
Director: Mikhail Kalik | Stars: Natalya Bogunova, Evgeniy Steblov, Anna Rodionova, Nikolay Dostal
Votes: 270
39. The Young Guard (1948)
135 min | Drama, War
The film is set in the city of Krasnodon (Sorokyne) in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of Ukrainian SSR (now Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine). Local teenagers are organizing the underground ... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Gerasimov | Stars: Vladimir Ivanov, Inna Makarova, Nonna Mordyukova, Sergei Gurzo
Votes: 333
40. The Commander of the Lucky Pike (1973)
101 min | Action, War
The Lucky Pike is a spacious submarine, manned by a picturesque and good hearted crew, in this World War II melodrama.
Director: Boris Volchek | Stars: Pyotr Velyaminov, Donatas Banionis, Elena Dobronravova, Vladimir Ivanov
Votes: 136
41. Sekretnaya missiya (1950)
98 min | War, Drama
Last days of WWII. English and American agents head to Berlin for secret negotiations with nazi leaders.
Director: Mikhail Romm | Stars: Nikolai Komissarov, Sergei Vecheslov, Yelena Kuzmina, Vasili Makarov
Votes: 72
42. Zoya (1944)
86 min | Drama, War
A popular, inspirational biography of a World War II Soviet heroine, showing her life in flashback as she is captured and tortured fighting the German invaders.
Director: Lev Arnshtam | Stars: Galina Vodyanitskaya, Yekaterina Skvortsova, Kseniya Tarasova, Nikolai Ryzhov
Votes: 103
43. Ekipazh mashiny boevoy (1983)
67 min | Drama, War
Director: Vitali Vasilevsky | Stars: Vladimir Vikhrov, Leonid Yanovskiy, Sergey Makovetskiy, Mikhail Semyonov
Votes: 65
44. Minuta molchaniya (1971)
101 min | Drama
Director: Igor Shatrov | Stars: Yuriy Kuzmenkov, Ivan Lapikov, Evgeniy Bykadorov, Vladimir Ivanov
Votes: 31
45. Maksim Perepelitsa (1956)
94 min | Comedy
Maxim Perepelitsa is a cheerful, mischievous and resourceful young man from a Ukrainian village. He loves to make up stories and invent practical jokes. When he is drafted into the Russian Army, he doesn't stop his antics.
Director: Anatoliy Granik | Stars: Leonid Bykov, Nikolay Yakovchenko, Aleksandr Borisov, Georgiy Osipenko
Votes: 1,126
46. Belyy vzryv (1969)
75 min | Action, History, War
Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Sergey Nikonenko, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Anatoliy Ignatyev, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Votes: 86
47. Alpiyskaya ballada (1966)
86 min | Drama, Romance
A romantic tale set during WW2 between a Soviet (Belarussian) soldier and Italian girl, who try to escape the horrors together.
Director: Boris Stepanov | Stars: Lyubov Rumyantseva, Stanislav Lyubshin, Vladimir Belokurov, Aleksey Kotrelyov
Votes: 82
48. The Pilot: A Battle for Survival (2021)
105 min | Biography, Drama, History
During a mission in WWII, the plane of Nikolai Komlev is shot down. He manages to bring his plane down in a remote forest clearing, but far from friendly territory, he faces a relentless test of physical and mental endurance.
Director: Renat Davletyarov | Stars: Pyotr Fyodorov, Anna Peskova, Valeriy Grishko, Roman Knizka
Votes: 1,643
49. Borisek - malý serzhant (1976)
85 min | Family
In a Byelorussian village the German soldiers massacred all the family except for a small boy who was shut in a metal barrel and sent down the river. Fortunately his moaning is overheard by... See full summary »
Directors: Lev Golub, Jaroslava Vosmiková | Stars: Valentin Klimenkov, Vlasta Vlasáková, Miroslav Nohýnek, Gennadi Korolkov
Votes: 24
50. Synovya ukhodyat v boy (1971)
94 min | Drama, War
Director: Viktor Turov | Stars: Nina Urgant, Svetlana Sukhovey, Olga Lysenko, Stanislav Churkin
Votes: 24
51. Venok sonetov (1977)
90 min | Drama, War
At the very end of the war, two guys escape from school and make their way to the front. In the bustle of the train station, the fugitives lose each other - and soon one of them will have to take his first fight.
Director: Valeri Rubinchik | Stars: Igor Merkulov, Aleksandr Zhukovsky, Irina Zelenko, Vladimir Yurev
Votes: 27
52. Esli vrag ne sdayotsya... (1983)
80 min | Action, Drama, War
The film recreated the events that occurred during the Great Patriotic War. The Korsun-Shevchenkovskiy battle was a brilliantly conducted operation by the Soviet General Staff, with which ... See full summary »
Director: Timofei Levchuk | Stars: Yakov Tripolsky, Mikhail Ulyanov, Vladimir Menshov, Anatoli Pazenko
Votes: 73
53. Variant 'Omega' (1975)
370 min | War
In basis of film is documentary material about the actions of soviet secret service in Tallinn occupied by hitlerites.
Stars: Oleg Dal, Igor Vasilev, Elena Prudnikova, Evgeniy Evstigneev
Votes: 217
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